Sault-au-Récollet facts for kids
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Recollet Rapids
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 Recollet Rapids
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| City | Montreal |
| Borough | Ahuntsic-Cartierville |
Sault-au-Récollet (Recollet Rapids, in English) is a neighbourhood in Montreal. It is located in the eastern edge of the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville bordering the Rivière des Prairies. Autoroute 19 connects Sault-au-Récollet to the city of Laval. The neighbourhood was designated as a heritage site by the city of Montreal in 1992.
The Church of the Visitation at Sault-au-Récollet is the oldest church on the Island of Montreal, was built between 1749 and 1752. The Streetcar suburb was annexed by the former Montreal borough of Ahuntsic-Bordeaux in 1918. A housing boom, mostly made up of multiplexes, followed in the 1940s and 1950s.
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